diff --git a/victoria-monitoring/pve-node-exporter.yaml b/victoria-monitoring/pve-node-exporter.yaml
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+#that one connects to proxmox and provides metrics that can then be scraped
+
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: pve-exporter
+  namespace: vm
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: pve-exporter
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: pve-exporter
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: pve-exporter
+        image: ghcr.io/prometheus-pve/prometheus-pve-exporter:latest
+        args:
+          - /etc/pve-exporter/pve.yml
+        ports:
+        - name: http
+          containerPort: 9221
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: config
+          mountPath: /etc/pve-exporter
+          readOnly: true
+      volumes:
+      - name: config
+        secret:
+          secretName: pve-exporter-config
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diff --git a/victoria-monitoring/secrets.yaml b/victoria-monitoring/secrets.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: pve-exporter-config
+  namespace: vm
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  pve.yml: |
+    default:
+      user: monitoring@pve
+      password: monitor123
+      verify_ssl: false
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